Re: install/59759: Core dump on sysupgrade to 11.0 BETA

["Jim Spath via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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From: Jim Spath <jspath55%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: install/59759: Core dump on sysupgrade to 11.0 BETA
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:46:04 -0500

 On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 4:55=E2=80=AFPM Christos Zoulas via gnats
 <gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
 > This is already documented.
 
 > And also in tracking current: https://www.netbsd.org/docs/current/?utm_so=
 urce=3Dchatgpt.com#using-anoncvs
 > When upgrading to a more recent version of -current you should always ins=
 tall and boot a new kernel before installing any new libs (*). In general t=
 he best approach is to try the new kernel before anything else, and if you =
 hit any problems see the entry in the Kernel FAQ.
 
 I see the above online, such as:
 https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-upgrading.html
 
 I believe I was misled by the sysupgrade man page, or I misread the
 order presented:
 
 Standalone upgrade steps:
 
 sysupgrade [common_flags] clean
 sysupgrade [common_flags] etcupdate
 sysupgrade [common_flags] fetch [releasedir]
 sysupgrade [common_flags] kernel [kernel_name]
 sysupgrade [common_flags] modules
 sysupgrade [common_flags] sets [set1 .. setN]
 sysupgrade [common_flags] postinstall [arg1 .. argN]
 
 I then reboot.
 
 The online documents differ as pointed out:
 
 # sysupgrade fetch https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/amd64
 # sysupgrade kernel
 # sysupgrade modules
 # reboot
 # sysupgrade sets
 # sysupgrade etcupdate
 # sysupgrade postinstall
 # sysupgrade clean
 # reboot
 
 As sysupgrade is in pkgsrc, should I suggest the doc change there?
 
 Jim